News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Skagway -The project to improve the Dyea Flats road moves to daytime work and new closure hours beginning October 1.The project contractor, Hunz & Hunz Enterprises, has not completed the project by the original August 25 completion date.The contractor is currently working towards completing the project...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $3.7 million contract for modernization of the Silt Pumping Plant to Aslan Construction, from Berthoud, Colorado. The pumping plant is part of the Silt Project located near Rifle, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Patchogue, NY -On Sunday, September 18 a boat ran aground and capsized while operating in Fire Island National Seashore's wilderness breach, a channel closed to boating. Eight passengers, rescued by National Park Service (NPS) Rangers and Town of Brookhaven lifeguards, were transported off of Fire Island by the Village of Bellport to the South Country Ambulance Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Breaux Bridge woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $64,000 from a New Iberia company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Davon Sanford, a/k/a “Chronic," age 33, of Baltimore, to 30 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after Sanford pleaded guilty today to discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who admitted to his role in a conspiracy to commit several violent armed robberies in Dallas in 2014, Savalas Christopher Love, 32, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 147 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: TUCSON - FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today joined federal and local officials in dedicating the new, environmentally friendly air traffic control tower at Tucson International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch will deliver opening remarks on the Violence Reduction Network (VRN) and the Justice Department’s work to address violent crime at the VRN Summit in Little Rock, Arkansas, on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, AT 8:30 A.M. CDT. Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs and U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Thyer of the Eastern District of Arkansas will also participate in the VRN Summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Andrew Reiner, 28, of Cheektowaga, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticing a minor for sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, a maximum of life in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: As cold and flu season nears, now is a good time to take stock of zinc intake, because adequate zinc is essential to immune response. In a study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a group of older adults with relatively low blood zinc concentrations boosted their immune function by raising their zinc levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) issued the following response to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) regarding the Republican spending bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gerry Billy Olivas, 39, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a cocaine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Breaux Bridge woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $64,000 from a New Iberia company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to using a telephone in the commission of a murder-for-hire scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for his role in importing cocaine from Mexico and laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds through textile, gold and other transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Douglas Duran Cerritos, 20, of Falls Church, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury for his role in a gang murder in Northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Pablo Mendoza-Sanchez pled guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, on Sept. 20, 2016, to possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jordan Hildalgo, 25, who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also sentenced to 240 months for assaulting a federal officer while in custody. The sentences will be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Chicago businessman has been ordered to serve 24 months in prison for a fraud scheme that resulted in two state agencies awarding separate, but nearly identical, grants to his not-for-profit entity in September 2008. U.S. District Court Judge Sue E. Myerscough sentenced George E.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
